Head cope



Nov 24, 1931. Q CLARKSQN 1,833,206

HEAD COPE Filed Nov. 3, 1930 2 Sheets-Shee l 'Jrmen for C.HC]ark$o'n T 2. I

' 1931- c. H. CLARKSQN 7 1,833,206

HEAD COPE Filed Nov. 3, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Unven for I C. H. clarksbn Patented Nov. 24," 1 931 CHARLES mom 'cnAn'K son, or'cronoii'ro, 'on'rnni mcnimnn Application .filed. November 3;]1930'. Serialflflo;493907.6

' This invention relates to devices such as maybe interposed between a hat and "the Wearers head to adapt the shape of the one to theshape of the other. He'ret'o'fore, as theshape of the hat is fixed, saveas it may be more or less fie xible, adapters have been fitted to the hat andadjusting means-have been provided in an attempt to make the combination fit the wearerfs headbut no means have so' far been provided which wi-ll enablea' fit to be attained with certaintyl'f In the" present invention I have adopted the plan of first fitting a shape-retaining cope or adapter to the head andthen securing' to the cope afhatof suitable size and shape. By following this course I am en abl ed toeliminate all guess- Work in fitting and to make a cope that accurately fits'as much of the head as maybe necessary, providing a'bearing on the head many" times larger than any. heretofore "produced; thus reducing pressure on and therefore Wear (or atrophy) of blood-vessels or the scalp and relieving pressure in any areas specially subject to injury or trauma. A common cause of baldness isthus removed. These relief areas may he produced by firstplac}.

ing over thehead a form covering all prominences, rldges', arterial areas or abnormallties. Then a stamped (prepared) cope'form issuperimposed and pressed and manipulated so that its surfaceis adjusted accurately to this head With the danger areasprotected by the said relief form. Wethenhave a cope I e the structure islargely effected by folding Which avoids pressure over 'anypoints; of Wear or trauma and yet is supported by the greatest possible area of scalp. The invention is hereinafter more; fully described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevatlon, partlyin section,

of a cope constructed in accordance with A p p I p roll 3 extending round the de'vice i'r-iterrriea myinvention' and positioned in a hat;

Fig. 2 a CIOSSxSGCtlOII 0t Fig.3ap1an View; s h

double fold will be employed.

part of 5 a cope;

gig: 4 a plan View of amodifiedform an f Fig. 5 a side elevation of thesa'me; I In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate {corresponding parts "in" the difier entfigures. f v 1 is apiece of material;suffioie'ntlyypliable to-be pressed tof shape and sutficientlystifi. to tend to maintain its form" after shaping Suitable materiahfor this'ipunpose' is wire gauze of from twelveto tjwenty rnesh -A piece of this 'mat'erial-is shaped; on mum-101s form to"approxi'mately the} shape-ilofrt'he upperpart of the 'vvearer"s head. l thufs tain a concavo-oonvex structure with mer; gin substantially inextensibl at fOUif f .di; ametr'ically opposite partsiof its m'argin be tween Whichthe margin is:* rn'o're" Q1", less stretchable owing'totheibiassing; or diagonal,

crossing' oii' the Wirestrandsf at such lnte'n mediate points. In practice a" number et "I j standard shapes may bekept in stockjr'equiri n'g but little 7 further shaping to"-'fit the individual headi "Thec'oncavosconvex' structure thus formedis fitted to the wearers head in such a manner thatflit-s' inner surface engages-'21; cons derable area of the-Wearers scalp, While the margin 'nea'ybe more or less" raised therefrom at thefbaekfl and front, the intent being; to avoid pressure on the scalp: along lines of' we aiior traumatisrn" an o engage as largesurfacesjas possible at less Vulnerable localities.

The holding in shape;of the margins of the margin to farm the. band 2 Usuallya As the height of thefldfine of thehea'd VariesinditlFerent individuals; I find i'tinecessary to provide means for readily varying the height "of thejdome' of the cope and for this purposeI' form inthe copethe header diate of the top" and the'j iriargin; YWhen lie or less flattened out, or pinched up as the case may be, to allow the margin of the V is I shape and place as fitted, Iprefer to employ bands arejso curved as to press the plates 7' cope to be brought down to the desired positionlon the'head in line with the inner edge of the hat brim. A I

To assist in retaining the structure in one or more tensioning bands 5 extending from one side of the rim of the deviceto the otherabove the said rim. These are connect-- edto-orintegral with plates 7 secured to the marginiof; the cope atjopposite sides- These and therefore the sides of the cope'again'st the wearers head, thus relieving the pressure of, the cope inthe neighborhood of the supra:

:arbital and occipital arteries. After the cope has been molded tothe head, the cope maybe set in shape by a stiffening coat such as ,p'y-' roxylin cement; Such-stiffening, or any equivalent is particularly desirable where the wires are in bias-at the marginorin the band ofthe cope.

-When the structure is completed it may besecured to the inside of a hat, from which, if necessary, the sweat band may be removed. .The connection may be in any desired manner as, for example, by seWingor by'the use of metal clips or dome fasteners or by the use ofa pyroxylin cement. 7

The plates 7 have pins 8 secured thereto 7 7 provided with sleeves lOwhich pass through V band-2 of thecope without interference from 1 therefore the sides of the cope.

the sides ofthe hat 9,. Washers or nuts 11 onjthe pins prevent the'hatffdisengaging.

There is thus provided sufiicient play for the the more or less stiff hat brim. As itmay sometimes be. necessary to relieve the inward pressure of the sides of the cope, I secure the lazy-tongslevers 11 to the ends of the pins'8. Theselevers pass round the hat to the front and their ends 12 may be gripped by the fingers. to sp'read their rearward ends and IA spring 15 may be employed to causethe levers l1 toaid the bands 5 in imparting 1n- =ward pressure to thesides of the. cope, and

= stops 16 to limittheir inward movement.

While the device may be used without any hat band, pieces of felt orleather 13, or other suitable. materiaL-may be securedlto thefinterior of the structure about the rim, as may found necessary because of lack of hair toprotect the scalp. Such "pieces may b partlygheld by the band 2 as shown. I

To provide additional security against accidental displacement of thedevice when in 'use, more particularly where there is little orno parallelism of the sides of the wearers head, it is desirable to weigh the cope to lower lits-center offgravityand to give in- ...C-I'& S6di-dOWHWaIdfPIBSSLlIG. For this purposelprovide the weights 14 secured in any suitable manner to the cope, preferably as near the margin as possible. For use whenflying or motoring it mayv be necessary to 7 provide extra retention and for this purpose I'provide a flexible cord or cable connected, to the margin of the cope at one side and at the other woundo-n a known form of ten-. sioning device such as 6 in the drawings This cable is inconspicuous and may, whenever necessary, be drawn out and engaged under the occipital protuberance.

In Figs and 5 a modification of the de viceis shown in which the wire gauze is dis- 7 pensed with. In this form a plate 7* is provided at each side rof the structure, these plates being connected by curved bands 5 suitably connected with a .;curved foreandaft band 17 extending over the crown of the.

inward pressure of the platesi7 a gainst the head from back to front. The arms being 7 resilient are thus resiliently hinged 011 the st ucture and are suitably shaped to Caused-an sides of the wearers head. In j order that the plates nay be spread to release their pres.-

5". 'Theseffinger grips, when the device is used with a soft felt hat, are easily actuated by pressure exerted-through the sides of the I top of the hat. 'Ihejplates'? are preferably j also connectedover the top of the structure by means of a flexible band 18 secured to theband 17 and passing through loops 19 formed integrally .in'the plates 7 a 'adapted'to'yfric- "sure finger grips 12 are secured to the bands tionally grip the band 18. Thestructure just described may be employed either with-or w thout the concave-convex wire structure and isjcapable of many'modificationsl to relieve the pressure Where pressure; is

likely to do harm and to use compression only on areas at opposite sides of the head-more or less parallel and mainly freelof important arteries and nerves or bony ridges, and to design or weight. 7

WVhat I claim as my invention is furnish a stable foundationfor, hats of, any

fitted to the wearers headandpres'enting tically press the sides of said": structure against the sides of thehead, thus relieving pressure at the back and front. v 2. A head cope comprising a form retain fitted to the wearers head and presenting surfaces of considerable, area for engagement with the top of th'eheadfand means associated withsaid structure, extendin'gfrom 1. 'A, head cope comprising a form retaining concavosconvex structure of wire gauze surfaces of considerablearea for engagement r with the top'of the head, and means associated with said structure tending to ela'sing concave-convex structur'eof wire gauze 100 1 From the above descriptionit. will be seen i one margin to the other over the top of the structure tending to elastically press the sides of said structure against the sides of the lflead, thus relieving pressure at the back and ron i 3. A head cope coinprisin a structure fitted to the wearers head an presenting surfaces of considerable area for engagement with the top of the head, the said structure being normally spaced from the vwearers head at the back and front, and means associated with said structure tendingto elas tically press the sides 0f said structure" againstthe sidesof the head, thus relievlng' pressure at the back and front.

4. A head cope comprising a form retaining concavo-convex structure of wire gauze fitted to the wearers head and presenting surfaces of considerable area for engagement with the top of the head, the said structure being normally spaced from the wearers head atthe back and front, and means associated with said structure, extending from' one margin to the other over the top of the I structure, and tending to elastically press the sides of said structure against the sides of the head, thus relieving pressure at the back and front.

5.-A head cope comprising a form retaining concavo-convex structure of wiregauze H fitted to the wearers head and presenting surfaces of considerable area for engagement with the top of the head, the said structure 3 i being formed with an annular stiffening band of the device. r

7. A head cope constructed in accordance with claim 1 having a plate secured at. each side of the wire structure at its'ma-rgin and a flat'spring member connectedat its ends with said plates and extending over the crown I of the device, and members pivoted together at the front of the device and connected to said plates whereby the plates may be spread to relieve the pressure of the device against the sides of the head when the device is to be removed from the head.

8. A head cope comprising a form retain ing concave-convex structure of wire gauze fitted to the wearers head and presenting surfaces of considerable area for. engagement l i with the top of the head, said structure having a bead of surplus material pressed there in extending round the device intermediate of the crown and the margin of the device.

9. A head cope formed froma sheet of rectangular-meshed wire jgauze'pressed to con- 1 'cav'o-convex form with its margin shaped as a closed curve, the devlce thus belng relatively inextensible at four diametrically opposite points between v the-ibi assingpf e able Y 7 gWitlhitS margin-sharp d; as a .closed curvepthe diametrically ,oppojsi't'e points between which the margin, owing to the biass'ingofthewire g strandsjgzis' stlitchabldgthe marginal portion device thus beingjfrelatively F inext'ensibl at 1 10 cope. i folffil l from aish'e etQ Wire gallzTe pressed; to; concavo' c onvex form 9 of the structurebeing folded on itself lto form an annular band.

fittedto the wearershead incombination front, :the margin of the cope beingPspaced from'the head at the back and front and the hat spaced from said marginof the cope. at y i v .85

the sides, Y

12.1. A head cope comprising aform retain- 11. Ahead cope comprising a form retain-' ing concavo-convex structure of .wlre gauze 580 with a hat secured to said copeat back and ing concavo-convexstructure of wire gauze j with a hat secured to said cope, the margin of the cope being spaced from the head at the back and front and the hat spaced from said .rna-rgin of the cope at'the sides, and means associated with said cope tending to elastically press the sides of the cope; against the sides of the head and away from-the hat.

fitted to the wearers head'in'combination Y 13. 'Aheajd cope comprising arform retainr .ingconcavo-convex structure of wiregauze press the sides of said structure'againstthe sides of the head, thus relieving pressure; at

the backtand front, and weights secured to said cope positio'nedto-lower its center'o f gu gravity.

ing concavo-convex structure ofwire gauze fitted tolthe wearers head 1n combination with a hat se'curedto said cope having-the internal circumference of its brim greater than that of the margin of the cope, whereby the hat isjsupported in spaced relationship to the head.

15. A head cope comprising a structure,,- adapted to' reston the wearers he'ad'and inheadcope comprising a form-retain fitted tov the eareranda and';pre senting' surfaces of considerablearea for engagement with the top of the head ,,mea ns associated:

with said structure,tending'to elastically' iio .cluding side plates; curved. arms forming part of the structure adapted to exert an in- Y ward resilientpressure on said platesto press them against the sides of the wearers head.

16. A head cope comprising a structure adapted to rest on the wearers head and including side plates.;; curved arms resiliently.

hinged on the structure and adapted to exert v .1

an inward pressurefon said plates .toipress a them against the sidesof the wearers head and finger grips connected to said arms' forming means whereby the arms may 1 be moved torelease-th'e plates. i

17. A head cope comprising aform retain-. 130f wearers head and presenting Surfaces for 3211- 1 ing c onca vd convex T fitted ito ii the 1 gagement with the to of the head, and means associated with semi "structureqtending t0 I elastica-lly' pres's' the sides bf said structure 7 against'th sidesof theihead 'fthus relieving pressure at the backa'nd front. U H signed at'lorontd, CanadaQthiS 31st day CHARLES HLCLA'RKSON. 

